Friday, August 4, 2017

News and notes from AMD, 8/4/17

Lighting a Fire
http://mhn-ucc.blogspot.com/2017/07/social-work-and-ministry-by-hannah.html

Lesson from service dogs
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/candidate-ministry-shares-lesson-learned-guide-dogs/

Jewish perspective: B'tzelem Elohim
https://www.respectability.org/2017/07/26/leaving-life-in-a-better-place-than-we-found-it/

Among many disability groups, there is a strong memory of church opposition to the ADA. Now we add to that silence about the ACA.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/28/this-is-why-disabled-people-were-so-devastated-by-the-christian-silence-on-health-care/

Room at the table: Celebrating people of all abilities
(DMC community event, August 13)
https://www.facebook.com/DisAbilityMinistriesUMC/


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